Backport pull request #11801 from jellyfin/release-10.9.z

Force more compatible transcoding profile for LiveTV

Original-merge: e7b1162cb30601297f987a6409a7d76b40aa74a6

Merged-by: crobibero <cody@robibe.ro>

Backported-by: Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/MediaInfoHelper.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/MediaInfoHelper.cs
index 212d678a8..5faa7bc59 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/MediaInfoHelper.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/MediaInfoHelper.cs
@@ -385,6 +385,19 @@ public class MediaInfoHelper
     /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> containing the <see cref="LiveStreamResponse"/>.</returns>
     public async Task<LiveStreamResponse> OpenMediaSource(HttpContext httpContext, LiveStreamRequest request)
     {
+        // Enforce more restrictive transcoding profile for LiveTV due to compatability reasons
+        // Cap the MaxStreamingBitrate to 20Mbps, because we are unable to reliably probe source bitrate,
+        // which will cause the client to request extremely high bitrate that may fail the player/encoder
+        request.MaxStreamingBitrate = request.MaxStreamingBitrate > 20000000 ? 20000000 : request.MaxStreamingBitrate;
+
+        if (request.DeviceProfile is not null)
+        {
+            // Remove all fmp4 transcoding profiles, because it causes playback error and/or A/V sync issues
+            // Notably: Some channels won't play on FireFox and LG webOs
+            // Some channels from HDHomerun will experience A/V sync issues
+            request.DeviceProfile.TranscodingProfiles = request.DeviceProfile.TranscodingProfiles.Where(p => !string.Equals(p.Container, "mp4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)).ToArray();
+        }
+
         var result = await _mediaSourceManager.OpenLiveStream(request, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         var profile = request.DeviceProfile;